Why are short sleeves so effin short?

Man it's like women's clothes no longer have sleeves. Even the ones with sleeves are too short. I have to buy men's tee shirts just to get sleeves. 

Amen, sister!  No fat gal or formerly fat gal ... or gals past a certain age! ... should be caught dead in the teeny tiny little sleeves they have been putting on shirts and blouses for the past few years.  Even though I've had a brachioplasty, my 58-year-old arms are not fit for display like that!  It makes it so hard to find blouses!!
--Dorothy

i agree. i hate those little cap sleeves. they are teeny bopper shirts. I find the cheaper t shirts at places like walgreens and such actually have more normal length sleeves. No way can I do a tank top or super short sleeve as the bat wings are just too ugly. diane

Along those same lines...would it kill a dressmaker to put some stupid sleeves on the thing? Not everyone wants to run around in sleeveless dresses. I have been casual dress shopping every weekend for like a month and all of them seem to have NO sleeves. Grrr.

How about the shorts with the one inch inseam???  What hell???  I want shorts that go at least half way to my knee!  Man fashion has sure changed.

 I'm still not confident enough for shorts that are above the knee, but I did find some shorts that were actually flattering. They are skinny jean shorts!

They have a cuff right above the knee. 
They are these:  http://www.zappos.com/dkny-jeans-missy-dirty-dancing-short-b lue-coast-wash


AndI got them at Ross for like 8 dollars. I love them and they are stretchy but they are already falling off me.

AMEN!!!  this is so true, around home I am always in tank tops when it's hot. those actually don't look as bad as the shortie short sleeves.

just this morning I was thinking I need some of those....dang, what do you call them...where it's just a pair of sleeves and a bit at the top.  crap, total brain fart.  now, how do I look up something when I can't remember what it is. google short toppie thing? not going to work.  just killing time til I can think..it's on my tip of my brain... bolero?  not exactly.

SHRUG, that's it, I need some shrugs very light weight and with 3 quarter sleeves. makes a tank top into a work outfit, given nice pants and shoes.

Egads it's horrible!  I have appointment on Friday to see about getting my batwings clipped, but at my age, I won't wear sleeveless or tanks even after PS.    I just want to be able to wear regular short sleeved shirts without my loose skin hanging down over my elbow. LOL

I have 3 shrugs and wear them with a lot of clothes, including a couple of dresses.   Not sure what I'll do when those go out of style.    I have to wear knee length shorts or capris too because the loose skin on my thighs looks like a shar-pei dog.  Bat wings, shar-pei and oh yes, the gobble wobble neck.  I'm an animal.

 check out my post above. I linked to some awesomely flattering shorts. They are jeans but stretchy too.

I seriously wear those half sleeve, party cardigans/shrugs from Old Navy. I think I own 8 of them. I have this serious aversion to armpits, only chick armpits, men's armpits don't bother me at all, but even my own armpits make me icky! ! ! I have loose, flabby skin, but I could go sleeveless if I wanted to do it. I just choose to wear those little cardigan/shrug things from Old Navy for most of those cap sleeves or tanks.

Oh wait they're called cropped cardigans, I don't wear them buttoned.

http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=60783&vid=1&pid=809566&scid=809566162